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Looking at it - it's a straight forward job. Question now is.....does anyone know the O ring size before I open it up ?

Hello I had the left hand control block replaced in Jan. Now I have a leak coming from the right hand side. How easy would this be to fix - I presume an O ring has failed. Plumbers are difficult to get hold of around here....now impossible with the virus! Attached a couple photos which may help...

I had a similar issue with a house I was doing up recently. Tried grinding the old bitumen off, but that took forever and was a messy job. I would knock any loose stuff off - remove as much dust as possible and buy Ardex NA which is a 2 part SLC. It's expensive, but saves a lot of work and no...

That's what I was thinking - but wras recommend adding a lockshield so you don't have to drain the system. Hopefully I won't need to replace the vessel again before I sell :sneaky:

Hello, I'm in the process of replacing and installing new pipework. The expansion vessel for the combi has failed. The vessel will be situated below the boiler - the only place I can tap into the 22mm return is near the floor, so I will be piping the vessel from underneath (if that makes...

I've had a closer look today. That is the incoming cable. It was then extended using standard extension cable. Looks like the network is buried as there are no poles outside so running new cables isn't an option unless we start digging gardens up. I have a drum of BT external cable which BT...

Bought a house - pulled up the old floor and found a dodgy repair to the concrete floor. Removed the repair to find the incoming BT cable along with a "coupling" which makes its way to the master socket. Looks like a DIY job rather than BT. I will be laying SLC over the top - could do with...

Hello, I have taken up a poorly laid tile floor. Both front and back doors have the same problem. The concrete behind the door is very weak and disintegrating (it's the join after the main slab). Not good for the SLC! I'm thinking I should dig this out and pour a stronger mix. There is a DPM...

Hi Bowlzi - I haven't taken the screed off. What you see is what is left after the tiles came up - less than 1mm bitumen type stuff. There aren't any damp issues either apart from a musty smell which may have been the layers of crappy flooring laid over the concrete! Sounds like there are two...

Think I'm just going to run some Ardex NA over the bitumen and be done with it. I'm fairly sure there is a DPM in place looking at it both externally and internally. The concrete slab is also dry. This will be a rental - so can't spend £1000 on SLC and DPM. If issues arise in the future I will...

Hello again. Finally made it over to the property to take a look. The tiles just have black "bitumen" on the back. The "black material" you see is actually clear plastic sheet - which I presume is the DPM ? So - how should I go about this. Should I use a paint/seal suitable for bitumen and then...

Thanks for the replies. Looks like the bitumen stuff was used as an adhesive ? Had a better look today and the trowel marks are in the "bitumen" and not to the edge. Got to admit - I'm leaning towards sealing what is there and using SLC. Pain in the rear - but may as well be done right first...

Hi Ken, Thanks for the response. The bitumen is less than a millimetre thick - painted on by all accounts. Tiles came up very easily with zero bitumen attached. I'm not 100% convinced they are asbestos tiles - but I best err on the side of caution. I have attached a photo after removal. There is...

Hello, Just bought a house which I'm now in the process of gutting. Just removed the floor in the sitting room (had laminate laid on carpet underlay....laid on "asbestos" tiles). All that has now gone - smells a tad damp, but that could be the underlay sweating between the laminate and tiles ...

I've had two insulated consumer units hanging around for a while now and thought I may use one. Currently I have a cable running from an old switch unit in one barn which then jumps across to another barn. The cable thats been installed (not by me) is only 2.5 maybe 3, would that be safe to...